A new view of the moon in light of data from clementine and prospector missions

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 85-86, Issue , 1999, Pages 253-269

  Mccallum, I S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; LUNAR CRUST; MOON; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034755928     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1017028218339     Document Type: Article

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